Not Green

Posted by Viewfinder (Bradenton, FL, United States) on 14 January 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.

Yesterday's very green post drew a few gasps from some who may still be wearing sunglasses to protect tender eyes from a green overdose. So today will draw again from last summer's archives and present a rather limited tonal offering. It is a series of what appear to be converging lines that come from a closeup of the center of a three-dimensional, five pointed metal star hanging on a garden wall in our yard. No cropping done; as is direct from the camera.

Just a word of thanks to my friends and visitors for coming by this site. I truly appreciate each and every one of your visits and comments or suggestions; my response time is very limited, so I may be remiss in thanking you personally for being here. Please know I truly enjoy hearing from you all; Am3 family, you're the best!

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Comments (14)

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

Simple is excellent. Nice texture and interesting color. Rust can be arresting. Well done.

14 Jan 2008 6:39am

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Great textures, shape and colour VF :)

14 Jan 2008 7:15am

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Nicely done!

14 Jan 2008 8:48am

MontereyJohn from Salinas, California, United States

Nope, not green! :)

Nice experiment. I like doing this sort of thing from time to time. Zeroing in on detail and picking up shapes and textures is a good exercise.

This could benefit from a wee crop to ditch that white spot up at the top right.

Cool image.

14 Jan 2008 1:38pm

@MontereyJohn: Ahh, cropping that corner, you are soooo right. After I posted this, I noticed it there and was too lazy to redo it. But it would definitely look better. I also just noticed a little white spot on the lower portion that I could have cloned out. But then as they say in parts of the Middle East, "Only God is perfect!"

Thanks for coming by and commenting, MJ.

KMF from Kerala,Kalpakanchery, India

nice

14 Jan 2008 1:43pm

kairospix from Singapore, Singapore

very nice close up capture of details ans textures!

14 Jan 2008 2:12pm

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

I like it. I have several of these stars scattered around.

14 Jan 2008 2:49pm

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

No pain at all...like the colour and texture :)

14 Jan 2008 2:55pm

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

This one is terrific colour-wise. And you are right with what yo said to MontereyJohn. It would be better with a touch of a crop.

14 Jan 2008 4:06pm

@Michael Rawluk: Thanks MR. See above and my comment post that follows...

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Hey everybody, after the good suggestions today I decided to do a mid-day, mid-course correction and got unlazy and cropped and cloned and replaced the original with the "perfected" version. So this is what you are seeing from 1:58 PM on... Aiming to please. --VF.

14 Jan 2008 6:59pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

It is a great image of colour, texture, and design... really like it. And the crop would make it better... ;-) But I really get that lazy thing, too!! LOL

14 Jan 2008 8:20pm